Black History Pathfinder

Electronic Resources

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Our electronic resources are the most reliable for information. On the left navigation area, click on Electronic Resources, then choose which resource. You will need user names and passwords, so if you don't have a library brochure with this information, see the library staff to get one.

Print Resources in Reference Section of Library

In-library use only
World Book Encyclopedia
Compton's Encyclopedia
New Book of Knowledge Encyclopedia
Biography Today

Print Resources - General Collection

These items have been sent to the classroom for use by all students; please do not
take these items home.

General Websites on Black History

You are limited to using only these websites.
A & E Television's Biography: Black History
Encyclopaedie Britannica: Black History
Encyclopedia of World Biography
Fact Monster: Biographies of Famous African Americans
Gale Cengage Learning - Black History Month
Infoplease: Black History

Websites on Specific Individuals

You are limited to using only these websites

Maya Angelou Maya Angelou's Official Website Academy of Achievement: Maya Angelou Poetry Foundation: Maya Angelou	Rosa Parks Academy of Achievement: Rosa Parks Africana Online: Rosa Parks Rosa & Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development Scholastic: Rosa Parks
Banjamin Banneker Black Inventor Online Museum: Benjamin Banneker University of California's African Americans in the Sciences	Sojourner Truth Fordham University: "Ain't I a Woman?" Speech Sojourner Truth Institute University of Pennsylvania: Celebration of Women Writers
George Washington Carver Black Inventor Online Museum: George Washington Carver California State Polytechnic University's Project Nova Iowa State University -George Washington Carver University of California's African Americans in the Sciences	Harriet Tubman New York History Net: Harriet Tubman PBS Africans in America: Harriet Tubman
Fredrick Douglass Africa Within: Fredrick Douglass Fredrick Douglass Foundation Indiana University-Purdue University: Fredrick Douglass Papers	Booker T. Washington Africa Within: Booker T. Washington New World Encyclopedia: Booker T. Washington Spartacus Educational: Booker T. Washington
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The King Center: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library of Congress: African American Odyssey Nobel Prize Website: Martin Luther King, Jr.	Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey's Official Biography Academy of Achievement: Oprah Winfre

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